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10 Types of Plagiarism and Attribution Issues

As cases of plagiarism in academia and at scholarly journals rise, much discussion has centered on methods of preventing and detecting plagiarism and applying appropriate consequences. For universities, research organizations and scholarly publishers to formulate a truly comprehensive strategy for addressing and preventing plagiarism, a thorough understanding of the many shades of duplication is critical. This report includes:

10 types of issues sorted by perceived severity and commonness

Examples for each type to help increase awareness of ethical behaviors

Suggestions for avoiding these pitfalls and improving integrity

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SECTION EXCLUSION & DETAIL REPORT

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EXPANDING PLAGIARISM POLICIES FOR DOCTORAL THESES IN INDIA

The UGC's new regulations in India require universities that award MPhil/PhD degrees to begin “using well-developed software” to detect plagiarism, in an effort to curtail and avoid many of the academic plagiarism scandals that have plagued other nations. Kailash Balani provides insight into the decision and how iThenticate is playing an important role.

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PLAGIARISM EDUCATION WEEK, APR 20-24

Turnitin's 2015 Plagiarism Education Week conference examines how current global trends are affecting our values, especially those related to education, and proposes strategies on how we can address these challenges. Educational experts, passionate educators and Turnitin All-Stars will share their perspectives, lessons, and research.

Plagiarism and integrity continue to be areas of concern on academic, research and publishing levels. We had the pleasure of speaking with Peter LaPlaca who is the editor of Industrial Marketing Management (IMM), a journal published by Elsevier, and a global seminar speaker, promoting ethics. During this audio interview, Mr. LaPlaca discusses various types of issues he and other editors encounter (some are rather surprising), best practices for how editors can handle submissions that contain plagiarism, and how giving students the proper guidance can make a world of difference when it comes to publishing success.

Plagiarism on college campuses is a well-documented problem. Much of the emphasis is placed on undergraduate education and the need to teach students how to correctly integrate writing into their courses. What is less often discussed is the growth of cheating and plagiarism in graduate and professional schools. In fact, while rates of cheating among graduate students are lower than among undergraduates, they are not substantially lower. The paper, Ph.D. in "Cut-and-Paste"?, provides insight into the growing problem of plagiarism in graduate programs, and why it may be particularly prevalent in STEM disciplines and among ESL students, highlights consequences and types of plagiarism facing graduate students and scholars, and offers educational solutions to preventing plagiarism within the graduate community.

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SEARCH 100,000+ PUBLICATIONS IN iTHENTICATE

Which publications are in the iThenticate database? Search 100,000+ publications that have archived 38+ million scholarly articles, books and conference proceedings into the iThenticate database through the CrossCheck powered by iThenticate service. Thousands of journals and articles are added monthly.

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USE CASE: AMBA RESEARCH

Amba research writes many important and sensitive documents for their clients, including earning summaries, earning previews, earning reviews and sector reports. For all reports the company produces, it is essential that the work be original and sourced correctly. See how Amba uses iThenticate to screen for duplication and proper English usage, and helps provide financial and investment reports to clients with confidence.

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VISIT US AT AMWA'S 74th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Next week visit our table at the American Medical Writers Association Annual Conference in Memphis, TN. Also attend our session, Understanding Plagiarism and Adapting to “Checking” Technology, on Friday, October 10 at 10:30AM. This session will explore plagiarism trends, use cases and demonstrate how iThenticate helps medical professionals better evaluate written work before publication.

Although billions are spent each year on health research much of it is not reported adequately in the literature. This seriously undermines the usability of reported findings and misleads clinicians, researchers, policy makers and, ultimately, patients. Dr. Iveta Simera, Head of Programme Development for the EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research), recently connected with iThenticate to delve into key ethical issues in health research. During this 20-minute interview, Simera highlights ethical issues in medical research today, explores the adeptness of current extrajudicial process for addressing ethical issues, and suggests steps that journals, authors and or/editors could take to help improve the quality of reporting of medical research.

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Which publications are in the iThenticate database? Search 100,000+ publications that have archived 38+ million scholarly articles, books and conference proceedings into the iThenticate database through the CrossCheck powered by iThenticate service.

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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA RESEARCH INTEGRITY

To ensure academic integrity and avoid plagiarism, the University of Manitoba has integrated leading plagiarism detection technology iThenticate into their Research Integrity framework, and made the service available to graduate students, researchers and faculty.

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Having recently participated in the annual conference at ISMPP, Bob Creutz from iThenticate raises five reasons that pharma, agencies and independent medical writers might consider incorporating iThenticate into their standard practices.

Providing a complete, accurate and clear account of conducted research studies in scientific publications is an integral part of responsible research. Yet the literature is full of examples documenting inadequacy of health research reporting: non-publishing whole studies or selecting only some outcomes for publication with ‘attractive’ results; inadequately described methods and interventions preventing their assessment and replication; confusing or misleading presentation of results, data, graphs, images; or inadequate reporting of harms, which in particular can have serious consequences for patients’ safety. These and other reporting problems undermine reliability of published research and seriously limit usability of presented findings in clinical practice and further research; this decreases returns from huge financial investments into the health research and wastes involvement of human participants in such studies.

Dr. Iveta Simera, Head of Programme Development for the EQUATOR Network, recently connected with iThenticate to delve into key ethical issues in health research. The EQUATOR Network, which stands for Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research, and is hosted by the Centre for Statistics in Medicine at Oxford University, focuses on providing guides for editors and researchers to help improve the quality and accuracy of medical research reporting.

During this 20-minute interview, hosted by Jonathan Bailey from Plagiarism Today, Simera highlights ethical issues in medical research today, explores the adeptness of current extrajudicial process for addressing ethical issues, and suggests steps that journals, authors and or/editors could take to help improve the quality of reporting of medical research.

What if you could access experiments from some of the world's premier research labs with the click of a button? Or collaborate with scientists all over the world even if you've never met? In this video chat, Elizabeth Iorns, cancer biologist and co-founder of Science Exchange, gives us the scoop on how this open marketplace is transforming research methodologies and boosting reproducibility. Hear (or read) Iorns' views on how increasing collaboration may lead to greater transparency and integrity, and less misconduct in scientific research.

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NEW RESOURCES FOR ACADEMIC USERS

iThenticate Academic serves nearly 100 leading research universities worldwide with a solution to prevent academic misconduct. To help administrators and users get started faster and more effectively, we have created a web page with easy-to-follow tips and guidelines.

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CIP ON RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING INTEGRITY

Columbia International Publishing (CIP), which is an open-access publisher of more than 60 scientific journals recently spoke with us about making research integrity a top priority, and how signing up for CrossCheck powered by iThenticate has helped prevent dozens of submissions containing plagiarism from being published.

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CTRL-V PLAGIARISM IN THE NEWS

iThenticate's newsletter, CTRL-V, discusses the latest and most pressing stories around plagiarism and scholarly misconduct issues. CTRL-V features Jonathan Bailey from Plagiarism Today who provides expert analysis on the issues of the day. Get on the mailing list by signing up for blog updates.

What if you could access experiments from some of the world's premier research labs with the click of a button? Or collaborate with scientists all over the world even if you've never met? In this video chat, Elizabeth Iorns, cancer biologist and co-founder of Science Exchange, gives us the scoop on how this open marketplace is transforming research methodologies and boosting reproducibility. Hear Iorns' views on how increasing collaboration may lead to greater transparency and integrity, and less misconduct in scientific research.

The American Medical Writer's Association (AMWA) hosted a panel of three experts at their Annual Conference in the Fall of 2013 to discuss plagiarism in medical research, titled "The Rising Tide of Plagiarism in Medical Research". Panel members included Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, Jason Chu from Plagiarism.org and Sandra R. Distelhorst, ELS, Senior Editor at Northwest Health Communications.

Together the panelists provided insights that raise awareness of various plagiarism issues, offered best practices to help researchers and writers avoid plagiarism, and suggested ways for editors and journal management to prevent plagiarism. Examples mentioned during this session may be found in a related paper published by iThenticate.

While peer reviewing a manuscript, accomplished researcher and post-doctoral fellow C. Lyssiotis at Weill Cornell discovered an instance of plagiarism -- his own work appearing in the paper. To confirm his suspicions, he used iThenticate to screen the paper and identify the original sources. In what way was it plagiarized, and how was it handled? Watch this video to hear the full story. Plus, hear his thoughts on how plagiarism could be prevented and possibly eradicated in published research.

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LOGO RECOMMENDATIONS: DETER PLAGIARISM

To reduce the exposure to plagiarism, iThenticate recommends publications and organizations visibly display their use of plagiarism software. By placing an iThenticate logo or "badge" on a website, it lets submitting authors know that screening for plagiarism is a part the editorial process, and may help deter future instances. (Also see Stamp of Originality for researchers and authors.)

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CTRL-V PLAGIARISM IN THE NEWS

iThenticate's newsletter, CTRL-V, discusses the latest and most pressing stories around plagiarism and scholarly misconduct issues. CTRL-V features Jonathan Bailey from Plagiarism Today who provides expert analysis on the issues of the day. Get on the mailing list by signing up for blog updates.

While peer reviewing a manuscript, post-doctoral fellow Costas Lyssiotis at Weill Cornell discovered an instance of plagiarism -- his own work appearing in the paper. To confirm his suspicions, he used iThenticate to screen the paper and identify the original sources. In what way was it plagiarized, and how was it handled? Watch this short video to hear the full story.

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A Researcher's Perspective: There Should Be Zero Plagiarism in Research